Twelve children, two teachers drown in boat mishap
Fourteen people, including 12 children and two teachers, died after a boat capsized in Harni Lake in Gujarat’s Vadodara.
The boat was ferrying 27 private school students, none of whom were reportedly wearing life jackets.
The 14 people that drowned in the boat were mostly school children, the officials reported.
(Xinhua/NAN)
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